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How does nitrogen enter the biotic part of the ecosystem?

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Plants get nitrogen from the soil but it has to be turned into nitrates (by lighting or nitrogen fixation); this because nitrogen in the air is very unreactive, Then the animal eats the plant.
Bacteria can get nitrogen simply from the air
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